Gender Based Violence (A case study of Gujarat Stree Kelavani Mandal)

 Gender based violence is violence against women based on women’s subordinate status in society. Gender based violence includes physical, sexual and psychological violence. It occurs in both the public and private spheres.

This research paper is an empirical and secondary data based paper. The data is collected from Gujarat Stree Kelvani Mandal, a well known prestigious NGO of Ahmedabad.

 The main objective of this study is to know the types of gender based violence, causes and role of Gujarat Stree Kelvani Mandal for removal of domestic violence.

 Since the last five years there were 542 cases related to domestic violence in Gujarat Stree Kelvani Mandal. The study indicates that gender based violence has no barriers of social class, caste and religion. Patriarchal society, power relations and subordinate status of women are the basic roots. There are some socio cultural and economic reasons for gender based violence.

 Women suffer physical, mental and economic violence because of stereo type roles and attitude of family.

  The Gujarat Stree Kelavani Mandal has played a positive role as arbitrator between the two parties. The study makes a number of recommendations for action.

 This paper is divided into four parts. The first part shows aspects of gender based violence. The second part shows socio-economic profile of respondents. The third part shows the main causes of gender based violence and the role of Gujarat Stree Kelvani Mandal. The last part contains concluding remarks and recommendations.